EEPhil wrote : I thought you’d already got the internal disk out.
Yes I have. I replaced the original 500GB Seagate drive with an uninitialised 1TB WD green. As the PVR didn't recognise that either I removed it this morning. The PVR is now devoid of any internal drive. Sorry, I misread your reply thinking you meant me to copy files using the PVR menu. On re-reading, I realised you were demonstrating how the 5000T would save a file to a flash so I could mimic its behaviour. I apologise for being dumb and thank you for your instructions.
In reply to :
Martin Liddle : ... the key is derived from the box serial number and the MAC address so is unique to each box
and :
EEPhil : The encryption is not changed by upgrading or downgrading the software.
In light of this info I tried again, and in the early hours of this morning the 5000T sucessfully played an origional recording using a flash drive. Yippee! I'm very pleased that her recording are not lost. On Friday and assuming the 3.5" HDD caddy arrives, I will pop the former internal drive in and see if all her recordings appear. Maybe I'll considder copying the files to a 2.5" external drive so the PVR can power it via USB. The PVR is now dead as a recorder but if all goes well, she can at least see what she's already recorded before the device becomes landfill.
Thanks Martin for tip on DLNA server method of decrypting SD files. I will give that a go. My only wish is to save the recordings in a way that she can watch them. Initially having the files show up in the recording menu is great, but I guess she will want a replacement PVR way before getting though her recordings cache therefore the SD files will need to be decrypted to play on a newer device. I bewail the loss of recording portability enforced on manufacturers by having to use rancid DRM! Bring back VHS!
I will let you know what happens Friday with the caddy.
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